Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress... Annals of the Congress of the United States - Page 3007by United States. Congress - 1851Full view - About this book
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, .or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. The right also is secured to the people to bear arms, to be free from having soldieis quartered... | |
| William Thomas - Abolitionists - 1835 - 200 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or " abridging the freedom of speech or of the press ; or the right of " the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for " a redress of grievances." Art. 4. " The right of the people to be secure in their persons, " papers, houses, and... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1836 - 684 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances." There appears to be some difference of opinion, among Senators who have preceded me, as... | |
| Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 510 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. The right also is secured to the people to bear anus, to be free from having soldiers quartered... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 244 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. AMENDMENT VI. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. AMENDMENT VI. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and... | |
| New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...Congress of 17cS) deemed proper to propose an amendment to the constitution, recognising " the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redrees of grievances." The statesman of that day, as well as those of the present, were too much in... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Slavery - 1843 - 598 pages
...prohibiting the free exereise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. VIRGINIA. The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never... | |
| James J. Macintyre - Aristocracy - 1843 - 476 pages
...which to settle with their families. or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances."* Here it would appear that there was a perfect indifference in the government of the country... | |
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